Fawn Brodie's biography of the founding Mormon prophet has received both praise and condemnation since it's publication in 1945. In 1995, at a symposium to mark its fiftieth anniversary, several scholars gathered together to re-examine Brodie, her Joseph Smith biography and its continuing importance. Bringhurst has brought together many of the essays from that meeting.

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A biography of the biography : the research and writing of No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst --
Applause, attack, and ambivalence : varied responses to No man knows my history / Newell G. Bringhurst --
Secular or sectarian history? : a critique of No man knows my history / Marvin S. Hill --
Fawn McKay brodie : at the intersection of secularism and personal alienation / Mario S. De Pillis --
Literary style in No man knows my history : an analysis / Lavina Fielding Anderson --
Fawn Brodie on Joseph Smith's plural wives and polygamy : a critical view / Todd Compton --
From old to new Mormon history : Fawn Brodie and the legacy of scholarly analysis of Mormonism / Roger D. Launius.

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edited by Newell G. Bringhurst.

Abstract:

Fawn Brodie's biography of the founding Mormon prophet has received both praise and condemnation since it's publication in 1945. In 1995, at a symposium to mark its fiftieth anniversary, several scholars gathered together to re-examine Brodie, her Joseph Smith biography and its continuing importance. Bringhurst has brought together many of the essays from that meeting.